"When I am carving wood, I am like a carpenter or a sculptor. When I am varnishing, I am a painter, an artist. Once it goes into the performer's hands, I become like a doctor, or sometimes a psychiatrist," he smiles and adds, "and then it becomes all about their experience with the instrument."

Photo: From the catalog of the Schubertiade Marking its 50 th anniversary , the Schubertiade festival, held annually in the serene Vorarlberg region of Austria, with programming taking place in the towns of Schwarzenberg and Hohenems , is a renowned celebration of Franz Schubert’s musical genius. Setting the scene with a variety of designated spaces hidden amid the vast summer scape of Austria’s countryside, the festival creates a cultural time capsule that seeks to preser